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An impressive number of registrations over the past few days has prompted us to extend early bird pricing through Monday, March 4th. Save as much as $75 over at-the-door pricing by registering before 11:59pm Monday evening!

If you’re visiting Seattle from out of town, don’t forget to make your hotel reservations by phone and be sure to mention the conference to receive a discounted room rate and parking.

We also hope you’ll join us Thursday, March 14th as the Seattle Area System Administrators Guild (SASAG) hosts a welcome reception sponsored by Silicon Mechanics in the Governors Room at the Hotel Deca. There will be light refreshments and lots of people to connect with. The Governor’s Room is conveniently located next to the District Lounge, purveyors of stronger libations. The reception is from 7pm to 9pm but the doors won’t shut until much later.

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What are the networking and social activities at CasITConf’13? There are several, and all are open to anyone who has registered for any part of the conference.

Thursday night the Seattle Area System Administrators Guild (SASAG) is hosting a welcome reception sponsored by Silicon Mechanics in the Governors Room at the Hotel Deca. There will be light refreshments and lots of people to connect with. The Governor’s Room is conveniently located next to the District Lounge, purveyors of stronger libations. The reception is from 7pm to 9pm but the doors won’t shut until much later for those who want to keep going.

The conference reception is Friday night in the Ballroom. There will be food, drinks, and door prizes and a relaxed atmosphere to connect with fellow attendees. The reception is a chance to chat with other attendees. Make connections, discuss the day’s tutorials, and relax.

Both receptions are open to anyone who has registered for any part of the conference.

Lunch will be served in the ballroom. There are also several interesting restaurants and coffee shops in the immediate area for those who want to get outside for a breath of air.

We’ll be wrapping up the conference with a closing session of Lightning Talks open to everyone who registered for any tech or tutorial session. It will be Saturday from 5pm to 6pm in the ballroom. Lightning talks are last-minute presentations of up to 5 minutes on pretty much anything (we do ask that the presentation be kept suitable to the audience, though it doesn’t have to be on a technical topic). There won’t be any AV, just the speaker and a 5-minute limit.

There will be tea and coffee service before the morning sessions. After you’ve picked up your registration materials (we hope to have the registration desk open by 8am) head into the ballroom for a warm beverage and a chance to meet other attendees. The beverage service will
be periodically refreshed throughout the day. Snacks will be provided during the morning and afternoon breaks.

There will be vendor tables in the ballroom with conference sponsors interested in talking with you while you sip your refreshments. Some will be looking to hire you, some will want to tell you about their products or services, and some might even be doing both at the same time.

Working on something interesting the community would benefit from hearing about? Have a perspective on emerging technologies that hasn’t received much coverage? Looking for a venue to practice a talk for LISA? We’d love to have you speak at CasITConf in March!

Deadlines for proposal submissions are fast approaching. Proposals for tutorials are due January 6th, while presentation, invited talk, and panel proposals are due on January 16th.

We are extremely excited to have David N. Blank-Edelman on the roster to speak at the upcoming Cascadia IT Conference. David is the Director of Technology at the Northeastern University College of Computer and Information Science and the author of the O’Reilly book Automating System Administration with Perl.

David has spent the last 27+ years as a system/network administrator in large multi-platform environments, including Brandeis University, Cambridge Technology Group, and the MIT Media Laboratory. He was the program chair of the LISA 2005 conference and one of the LISA 2006 Invited Talks co-chairs. David is also the recipient of the 2009 SAGE Outstanding Achievement award and to serve on the USENIX Board of Directors.

The organizers of the Cascadia IT Conference invite you to submit proposals for talks, tutorials and panels to be presented at the 2013 Cascadia IT Conference in Seattle.

CasITconf ’13 is a gathering of professionals from the diverse IT (computer and network administration) community in the U.S. Pacific Northwest / British Columbia to learn, share ideas, and network. We go by many titles but everyone is invited: System administrators, network administrators, network engineers, Windows, Linux, Unix, DBAs, etc. The conference includes panels, presentations, invited speakers and keynotes, as well as training by top-notch experts. We expect attendance of 100-150 IT professionals from businesses and academic institutions from Washington, Oregon, Idaho and British Columbia.

Tutorials will be treated separately from other conference sessions. If you are interested in presenting a tutorial, please contact the tutorial coordinator at casitconf-tuts@casitconf.org